Cass County, Iowa
Cass County, IA: non-irrigated cash rent $259 an acre (2026); land and buildings $8,221 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 179.2 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 19029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Cass County runs $259 per acre, up 19.9 percent from 2016 to 2026. Census value of land and buildings stood at $8,221 per acre in 2022, after a 39.5 percent rise from 2017 to 2022, or 6.9 percent a year. Corn yield trend is 2.5 bushels per acre a year on published years 2008-2025, with a median of 179.2 bushels per acre and a worst year of 120.4 in 2012. Heat and drought is the largest cause of indemnities over 1989-2025 at 52 percent, and its share by period runs 13 percent, 35 percent, 59 percent, then 54 percent. Wind operating capacity is 489.3 MW; solar operating is 0 MW.
IA median $266 · 41st lowest of 99
IA median $9,410 · 32nd lowest of 99
IA median 190.1 · 21st lowest of 95
IA median $2.49 · 17th lowest of 99
IA median 51% · 40th lowest of 99
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County | $259 | $8,221 | 179.2 | $1.65 |
| Adair County | $237 | $7,226 | 169.2 | $2.95 |
| Adams County | $232 | $6,476 | — | $2.08 |
| Audubon County | $302 | $9,544 | 190.1 | $2.05 |
| Montgomery County | $248 | $7,044 | 186.7 | $1.33 |
| Pottawattamie County | $255 | $8,718 | 192.4 | $2.94 |
| Shelby County | $270 | $9,443 | 190.5 | $2.91 |
| Median next door | $252 | $7,972 | 190.1 | $2.50 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Cass County, Iowa. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/iowa/cass-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.